olympic icon oscar pistorius in court for the murder of his girlfriend. his lawyers arguing for bail. officials moments away from making a ruling on whether the murder was premeditated. >> that's a big decision. a possible motive for adam lanza. was he trying to outdo another ki kill? it is the last chance for drew peterson. a final appeal today before tomorrow's sentencing. and a career move for michael jackson's son. he's going into the entertainment business -- sort of. so welcome back to "early start," everyone. i'm john better man. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. the bail runner is in court right now.

he is seeking bail. he can not completely exclude premeditated murder. pistorius was sobbing. his defense denies the killing was premeditated and argued that reeva steenkamp's death was not even murder. the prosecution maintains pistorius put on his prosthetic limbs and walked 20 feet and then shot through a locked bathroom door killing steenkamp. there are huge crowds of people trying to snag a seat inside the courtroom. >> the big news there is the magistrate in south africa ruling that they are going to go ahead with this case accusing him of premeditated -- premeditated murder. the magistrate saying he cannot rule out that possibility. as this is happening, as he is being denied bail in that courtroom in south africa, oscar pistorius' girlfriend reeva steenkamp is being laid to rest along the southern coast of south africa. we have a reporter live from

port elizabeth near the site of steenkamp's funeral. >> i'm standing outside victoria park crematorium in port elizabeth in the eastern cape where friends and family of reeva steenkamp have gathered to pay their last respects and more than a thousand kilometers from here at the magistrate court. oscar pistorius is appearing in a court of law accused her murder. state prosecutors are arguing this is premeditated murder saying that oscar pistorius armed himself, attached his legs and shot her repeatedly through a bathroom door. oscar pistorius' defense is saying he thought she was a burglar. the arguments went out in the morning with oscar pistorius sobbing uncontrolably at times. here people just want two answers, why did this happen to a person they describe as kind

and loving and someone who everybody, they say, loved back. cnn, port elizabeth. >> again, the news just out of south africa, the magistrate there, the judge ruling that he cannot rule out the possibility that the murder there, the shooting from oscar pistorius to his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he cannot rule out it is premeditated. he is being charged with premeditated murder. >> and that should officially deny bailey was reading. we have not confirmed that. it should. we'll get the details. also new this morning, police raids in turkey targeting members of a leftist militant group that claimed responsibility for a suicide attack at the american embassy in ankara earlier this month. i've ivan watson is live with more details in turkey. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. turkish police conducting country wide operations targeting at least 167 --

[ no audio ] >> i'm terribly sorry. we lost ivan there. we'll try to get him back. here he is. there we go. sorry about that, ivan. we lost you for a most. >> reporter: hi. it happens. it happens. but that's right. the turkish police arresting more than 100 people believed to be linked to a violent leftist group called dhkpc. the revolutionary people's liberation party front which claimed responsibility for this deadly suicide bombing on february 1st against the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital that killed a turkish guard and wounded a turkish journalist. now there was a member of this group named shunnedly who was believed to be the suicide bomber. he served prison time before being released in 2000 after going on a hunger strike and suffering brain damage as a result of malnutrition. he is believed to have been the bomber. the group itself published a

manifesto and gave its reasons behind the attack. it claimed that the u.s. was carrying out an imperialistic agenda in the middle east. there was a deployment of u.s. anti-missile patriot missile batteries deployed in the last month in turkey to protect turkish cities from the war in neighboring syria. this group accused the u.s. of trying to colonize syria sits environmental. the irony here is that the rebels inside syria are very angry at the u.s. for not providing enough support, not providing them weapons in their battle against. [ no audio ] >> that was ivan watson reporting live from istanbul, turkey. we apologize for the problems that we're having with his microphone. i'm sorry. >> it is a long way away. ivan is doing his best to report

that story for us. >> all right. 34 minutes past the hour. law enforcement sources saying new town gunman adam lanza was driven by violent video games, an obsession to kill more people than anders breicik who murdered 77 people in norway in 2011. lanza targeted sandy hook elementary school because it was the easiest target with the largest cluster of people. 20 children and six adults died at sandy hook. connecticut police dismiss the cbs report calling it speculation. >> new limits on police presence in city schools. today police in denver public school officials will sign an agreement that specifically denies when police officers should step in and when educators should handle problems with students. they're honiping the agreement will cut down on the number of denver students ticketed or arrested in school. drew peterson will be in court today making a last ditch bid for a new trial.

peterson was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2004 bathtub drowning of his third wife, kathleen save yoe. sentencing is set for tomorrow. the 69-year-old peterson faces 20 to 60 years in prison. his fourth wife stacy peterson, by the way, is still missing. >> officials in japan discovered a problem in a second battery onboard a boeing 787 dreamliner that was forced to make an emergency landing last month after its main battery failed. officials say a slight swelling was found in the auxiliary power unit's battery cells. the faa grounded all 50 dream liners following the incident in japan and a battery fire in a boeing 787 parked on the tarmac at boston's logan airport. investigatesors are trying to figure out what caused a fire that killed three young children in an apartment fire. this is in michigan. authorities say the children -- oh, my goodness, 3-year-old twins and a 1-year-old girl may have been left alone in the

apartment by their parents. the parents of a pregnant 16-year-old texas girl who tried to force their daughter to get an abortion have had a change of heart after she took them to court. they gave her permission to carry the baby and marry the father. madison spoke last night to cnn's piers morgan. >> i knew it wasn't going to be easy at all. but i really didn't imagine this all happening. but i knew that some of her parents, many of her family were going to have a definitely a negative reaction. but i never intended on this happening. we're always determined to have a baby. >> the girl claimed her mother threatened to slip her an abortion pill and took away her phone and car to pressure her into aborting that child. >> florida's big python hunt is over. the final talley is -- incredibly underwhelming. more than 1600 people took part in the everglades python

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this just in. new information from a courtroom in south africa. the charge against olympic icon oscar pistorius has been upgraded to premeditated murder. the judge at his bail hearing under way right now said he could not exclude the possibility of premeditation. and planning in the shooting death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. the prosecution argued that pistorius killed steenkamp and it was murder and it was premeditated. so this really makes it very unlikely that pistorius will get bail. the judge did not rule out downgrading the charge, perhaps later. major developments. those just now. also happening right now, a desperate search for a missing fishing boat and five crew members. canadian officials say the miss alley set out an emergency signal sunday night. they report seeing a life raft yesterday morning. they're not sure if anyone was in it. and they lost sight of it. chuck hagel is hoping a letter he sent to the biggest

critics will the way for him to become the next second of defense. in the letter, he insists he did not call the u.s. state department an adjunct. so watching television can improve young children's behavior if they're watching the right shows. researchers studied about 600 families for a year. they found preschoolers who watched less violent and more child appropriate shows scored better on tests measuring cooperation, sharing, and compromise. i'd like to introduce those words to my children. they also had fewer instance of aggressive behavior. >> news flash, that makes sense, right? michelle obama's much talked about new hair cut, the bangs, was actually the result of a midlife crisis on her 49th birthday. the first lady telling rachael ray that she could not buy a sportscar and she's not allow the to bungee jump so instead she went and she got bangs. >> interesting. the most talked about bangs in

the world. we're going to go for the most talked about bangs in the world to most talked about bump in the world. it is the bump that everyone is waiting to see all eyes are on london as the duchess of cambridge, the former kate middleton, makes her first official public appearance since december. >> and cnn's royal correspondent max foster is live in london. he is on baby bump watch. so, max, kate's been laying low for a while. why is she making a public appearance today? do tell. >> well, this is a charity that she supports. it is a safe house for women who are recovering addicts. she's here to support them. she is going to get involved in therapy in the basement and cooking. but as you say, it's all about the bump. let's have a look at the amount of press that's turned out for this small engagement. there are photographers from all the agencies, tv reporters from all the networks, satellite trucks going straight down the street, an extraordinary amount of interest today. and this is the first time we're

going so see her in an official engagement since the photographs were publiced in an italian magazine of her in a bikini with a baby bump. they weren't shoate in the uk. but these pictures will be to some extent as well across the country and around the world. have to say one of the big talking points today though is also this extraordinary outburst, a very well known and well regarded author has attacked the duchess. just one quote from her. she scorned her as a personality free shop window mannequin with a plastic smile. so she's coming under some criticism. today is her chance to give a smile to the public. >> wow, that is mean spirited. >> she is only 4 1/2 months pregnant. i don't know how much of a bump we're going to see. we're glad you're covering. we'll be checking in with you, thank you. it is 44 minutes past the hour. chaos inside a laundromat. one customer caught on camera unloading on two others. take a look at that. >> really shocking. >> that's coming up. plus, a first-hand look at

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let's get you up to date. here is christine romans with a lot of our top stories. a court upgraded the charges against blade runner oscar pistorius to premeditated murder. we're still waiting to hear a ruling on his request for bail. but this ruling makes it very unlikely. the olympic star sobbing this morning as his defense team denied his girlfriend's killing was premeditated. they maintained reeva steenkamp's death was not even murder. the prosecution says pistorius put on his prosthetic limbs, walked about 20 feet and then shot through a locked bathroom door killing steenkamp. as pistorius is in court, reeva steenkamp's family will lay her to rest. her funeral happening on the southern coast of south africa

right now. it's a private ceremony with no media allowed. a possible motive for the newtown, connecticut, shooting. cbs news reports that law enforcement sources say adam lanza may have set out to outdo norway killer anders breivik who massacred 77 people in 2011. lanza killed 26 people including 20 children at the sandy hook elementary school in december. connecticut state police dismissed this report as speculation. seven members of congress led by vermont senator patrick leahy are in cuba this morning. it's the largest american delegation to that country in recent memory. they're trying to convince the castro regime to release allen gross, a contractor jailed in 2009 for bringing banned satellite equipment into cuba as part of a state department program to spread democracy. police in new york city arrested a suspect in connection with a brutal laundromat attack in the bronx. investigators say the attacker assaulted the victim and his

6-year-old daughter last saturday then sprayed both of them with mace because he thought they took his wife's laundry cart. 27-year-old fernando gonzalez is facing assault charges. and now the president hugo chavez announced return to venezuela. the question is will he be sworn in today? the venezuelan government releasing these photos of chavez while in cuba flanked by his two daughters. in a tweet announcing a return, he said he'll be continuing his treatments. they survived survivor but marriage was a far greater challenge. after ten years together, ethan zahn and jenna morasca decided to call it quits. the two former survivor winners competed together on "amazing race." >> i can't believe they didn't work out. 50 minutes after the hour. a blizzard with winds clocked at 57 miles an hour pounding grand forks, north dakota. roads had to be shut down yesterday. emergency crews, the emergency

crews rescued dozens of people from stranded cars, even snow plows had to be called back. >> jennifer delgado is in the cnn weather center. some pretty rough weather in the midwest. i think that's probably an understatement, jennifer. >> that's right. you know, it looks like we do see the possibility of blizzard conditions popping up once again as we go through late tomorrow. we start off right now, very wet out there. you can see a line storm streaming down from louisiana, new orleans, all the way up to regions including parts of detroit. you can see the stronger storms down towards the south. that's where we're going to start f you're heading out the door this morning, yes, you're dealing with wet roadways. flying out this morning, yes, you're going to be looking at extra time at the airport much as we look to the north, notice lake-effect snow still coming down right along the western part of michigan. and that includes parts of grand rapids. more on the travel delays as i said to you in the great lakes. we're looking at wind gusts in these locations up to 40 miles

per hour. those delays for new york, philadelphia, chicago, cleveland, oh, yeah, you're hanging around at that airport today p as we talk about the winter weather, for areas like california, you're going to see four to six inches of snowfall today. 10 to 12 is going to be setting up across the plains much as i said to you from the plains, we are going to seat potential for blizzard conditions to develop late tomorrow night as well as into thursday. it's going to be from the same storm coming out of the four corners. wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. and a foot of snow possible for parts of kansas as well as nebraska. we're talking about a big ole mess out there. and then the other part of the story for tomorrow, the chance for severe weather for parts of texas and that includes dallas and overall, it looks like we could potentially could see about four to six inches of rainfall in parts of the south as we go through the next five days. >> oh, my goodness. >> five days. that's too much rain. >> at least forewarned. jennifer delgado, thank you. 53 minutes past the hour.

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marriage when you say, yeah, honey, go have a good guy's weekend with tiger woods. stop about it hooters and have some wings. >> the passengers, what a story. like 4,000 people floating around going nowhere in the gulf of mexico. they finally just ran aground somewhere near alabama. and everybody was able to get off. i think we have footage. is this the footage? this is live footage i think from cnn of the passengers getting off the carnival cruise triumph. take a look at this. there they are. oh, my god. >> they kid because they love. "early start" continues right now. courtroom drama happening right now. a judge issues a key ruling as olympic icon oscar pistorius

stands accused of murdering his model girlfriend. copycat killer? a new report says newtown shooter adam lanza may have been trying to top another mass murderer. shanghai's secret reveal. chinese hackers reportedly targeting the u.s. out of this 12-story office tower. and two-times two. four babies beating long odds to be born as two sets -- two sets of identical twins. >> best story ever. >> you, my friends, are in for it. good morning. welcome to "early start," everyone. i'm john better man. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. let's get started. there is a major development in the case against blade runner oscar pistorius. a south african court ruled tha pistorius. premeditation and planning cannot be ruled out in the killing of reeva steenkamp. the olympian charged with premeditated murder. we're awaiting a decision on bail. but with this ruling, it's very

unlikely pistorius will be granted bail. the hearing going on. our reporter in the courtroom, says pistorius was sobbing, breaking down while his team angled for bail. at one point, they argued steenkamp's death was not even murder. their words. all of this with an unprecedented crush of cameras at the courtroom and a huge amount of people trying to get seats in the courtroom. up in the next half hour, more on the decision with cnn's legal contributor paul callan. the girlfriend of oscar pistorius, reeva steenkamp, being laid to rest. family and friends gathering on the southern coast of africa. we are joined from near the site of her funeral. >> reporter: hello, john. it was really emotional morning here at victoria park creme for

yum in the seaside town ofport elizabeth. reeva steenkamp was creme maama. more than one person said she was an angel. let's take a listen to what her brother had to say. her brother extremely emotional, so was reeva steenkamp's uncle. thanked them for the support they received from the community and indeed the world. because of the troubling times that they are going through right now. as you can imagine, no one in this town thought reeva steenkamp at 29 years of age would die this way, john.

>> looking at the sad pictures coming out of the funeral pictures. our thanks to you. we got word from the courtroom in pretoria, the hearing involving oscar pit tora has broken for lunch. no word on the decision over bail. we'll follow it all morning, bring you the latest as it happens. also developing overnight. cbs news reporting the massacre at sandy hook elementary school may have been motivated by another shooting. another report points to a possible obsession with brevic. we are following all of the developments. this is disturbing are are another working theory that authorities are looking at that adam lanza was trying to one up, actually outdo, mimic, another

mass murderer by killing more than the 77 people. the majority of them teenagers shot by ander s breivic in k. the possible motive briefed last week. the possible motive has to do with what was found in lanza's home. several news articles found in one of lanza's two bedrooms in the house where he lived with his mother. she was his first victim and he went on to kill 20 children and six teachers before taking his own life when police arrived. lanza chose the school because of the number of potential targets in a closed-in setting. a spokesperson called the cbs report speculation, no motive confirmed. but the spokesman told me as far as duplicated breivik and the massacre in norway, nothing is

ruled out. it's based on several news articles that investigators found in his home. one of the things they are looking at. a good working here thissee for them. >> the connection to violent video games. breivik trained for these video games. did lanza train on these video games. >> we have reported from the beginning that violent videos found in his home. a room set in up in the basement where he liked to play these games and part of what he was doing. practicing on these games before he carried out the attacks. >> certainly very disturbing. mental health issues here. >> clearly. >> susan andouty, thank you for that. new developments out of hurr kei, right now, police are making mass arrests in connection to the attack in ankara earlier this month.

a crackdown across the country of the revolution of the people's party front. they claim responsibility for the attack at the u.s. embassy. with the sequester looming, president obama will make his latest pitch to congress from the white house today. he will be joined by emergency responders to reinforce his message that millions of american jobs are on the line if there is no compromise and those automatic budget cuts kick in less than two weeks from now. a secret unit of the chinese military, behind a massive computer hacking campaign against the united states. according to a report by the security firm mandiant, sustained hacking attacks against american interests are coming from chinese army, and

they bla they are blacking out the signal as we broadcast this. a man is charged with raping a woman found on christian mingle.com. and in cuba, the larkest american delegation to cuba in recent memory. they are trying to convince the castro regime to release alan gross. an american contractor jailed in 2009 for bringing banned satellite equipment to cuba as part of a state department program to spread democracy. dequan bowers of the nfl tampa bay buccaneers if convicted of illegal gun possession. 292-year-old tried to bring a .42 caliber handgun onto a flight at laguardia in a carry-on bag. >> a head scratcher. what was he thinking? the engine fire that crippled the carnival "triumph"

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reeva steenkamp. the court is taking a break for lunch right now. robyn curnow in the courthouse as this is developing. >> can i read a direct quote from the magistrate. he armed himself, the motive was he wanted to kill. that's the -- the state arguing that oscar pistorius in a planned and premeditated way shot his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. quite dramatic testimony coming from the state. they kind of laid out a little bit of the evidence they had. not all of it, and they said they didn't need to say very much. for them, the facts were facts. a very simple case. they were quite confident, i must say, in court. oscar had picked up his gun, put on his prosthetic legs, walked about seven meters to a bathroom where his girlfriend was locked

inside, and he shot four bullets through there, as she was hit three times. now they said basically substituted premeditated murder. the magistrate agreeing with him, saying that the defense really didn't disprove their argument, and he is saying oscar pistorius has to face the higher charges. now has to be exceptional circumstances proved by the defense. if he's even to get bail. >> so right now, the magistrate broke for lunch, and when you are back in court, should we know whether or not he has been granted bail. any likelihood he would be granted bail? >> well, this makes it very hard for him to get bail and this sort of legal pigeonhole that they have now ruled this under. section 6 and i'm totally not going to bore you with the legal jargon. this makes it incredibly hard

for oscar pistorius to get bail. his defense team has to prove exceptional circumstances. what we expect to hear now after this lunch break is some sort of affidavit. written by oscar, spoken now by his legal team which will defend himself, will explain what he thinks happened that night and that might provide those so-called exceptional circumstances that will get him bail, this might take another day or two, that's for sure. >> we're looking forward to hearing more. >> unbelievable developments. 14 minutes after the hour. growing tensions between russia and the u.s. over the death of a west texas boy that officials call suspicious. max was born in russia and adopted by american parents. a russian official blames his death on inhuman abuse. david mattingly with the latest on the case. >> reporter: almost all of the

information we're getting is coming from the special human rights representative of the russian foreign ministry. he says that this child was a little over three years old when he died on january 21st of this year, a russian-born boy, adopted by american parents living in texas. in a statement, the official said i would like to draw your attention to another case of inhuman abuse of a russian child by u.s. adoptive parents. he claims the child suffered injuries to his head, legs and his abdomen and internal organs. the wounds he said could only be caused by strong blows. there is an investigation under w way. they are looking into this because of "the suspicious nature of the child's death." texas child protective services also investigating. the allegations include physical abuse and neglect. also, the sheriff's office

investigatin investigating. no arrests have been made and they are waiting for the results of the autopsy. we tried to speak to the boy's adopted parents. when we called, there was only this brief recorded message. >> if this is a reporter or news agency, we have no comment. >> this case is inflaming an already sensitive issue between the u.s. and russia. you might remember back in 2010, the outrage whge when an americ woman put her adoptive 7-year-old son on a plane alone and sent him back to russia because of violent episodes the child had. russia recently imposed a ban on adoptions in russia. and this could affect hundreds of u.s. families. a situation here that is sure to get worse, john if this child's death in texas proves to be a case of abuse. >> a tragedy for one kid, but a serious case of international tension. david mattingly, thank you very much. in a few hours, jurors begin

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happening right now. a key ruling in a murder case against olympic icon oscar pistorius as he pleads for bail. was the newtown gunman trying to outdo another shooter? and chinese attackers carry out attacks against the united states. and michael jackson's son into the entertainment business, sort of. sort of going into our business. welcome back to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. new developments in the case against olympic blade runner oscar pistorius.

charged with premeditated murder. awaiting a decision on bail. a hearing on a lunch break right now. expected to resume soon. >> joining success paul callan, a criminal defense attorney and a former new york city homicide prosecutor. and the news we're just getting in. just happening this morning, a judge this south africa has determined that they can go forward with a case of premeditated murder. what does that mean for oscar pistorius? >> bad things for oscar. he faces life in prison under south african law. they don't have the death penalty. he is unlikely he will get bail if there is substantial evidence that this is a premeditated planned murder. >> you are part of his defense team. how do you move forward now? >> press reports have said his defense is going to be this was around accident. he thought there was a burglar that had broken into his house and fired shots through the bathroom door. what came out at the hearing,

very interesting. the bathroom only 10 by 1 0 x 1. he gets up, put his artificial limbs on, walks 20 feet, 22 feet to the bathroom and then opens fire. his girlfriend is in the bathroom, hit by three shots. three of the four shots. if the girlfriend was staying with him that night, and he wakes up in the middle of the night, isn't he going to assume the girlfriend is in the bathroom? i'm sure that's what prosecutors will say. >> she did arrive between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. and she was in her night gown. how do you argue that? >> i don't know. unless she got into the burglary field as opposed to the modeling field. blade runner has another problem here there could be another fact pattern that we don't know about. maybe she left. maybe there was a fight. i woke up in the middle of night, i heard noises thought there was a burglar in the bathroom. i fired shots in protection.

>> one of the most interesting thing, the reports in the press about this or that. one of the most interesting things about the south african legal system, it's so different than ours. no jury. explain the significance of that. >> it's a radically different system. a judge-based system. they use magistrates and if this case goes to trial, there will be a plea. a judge -- single judge will hear the case with two civilian adviser who's will sit in on the trial and they can give him their opinion, but he's not bound by it. very different than the american jury trial system. and, of course, the police are leaking a lot of information in this case. >> incredible. we see that happen in cases in the united states as well. not surprising, but it can deprive someone of a fair trial. >> no death penalty. >> no death penalty in south africa. eliminated a long time ago. that's off the table here. but the difference between a premeditated murder and south

african law is very different. >> how long will this take? >> there are inefficiencies in the south african system that causes people to think it's a bad system. with a celebrity involved, it will move quickly. it reminds me of a famous person in the united states that got charged with murdering his wife, o.j. simpson. a lot of similarities. >> great talking to you. thank you. another developing story. cbs news reports newtown gunman adam lanza may have been trying to outdo another notorious killer if you can believe it. anders breivik murdered 77 people in morway in 2011. lanza was motivated by violent vito games and a strong desire

to kill more people that breivik. connecticut police dismiss the cbs report, calling it speculation. new information this morning that a secret unit of the chinese military is behind a massive computer hacking campaign against the united states. a report by the computer security firm mandiant says a division of the people's liberation army is responsible for sustained hacking attacks against american interests and may be operating this this tower in shanghai. live in washington, this is startling news. how did mandiant obtain this information? >> the fact that america has been hacked by the chinese military, a new report by the american cyber security firm mandiant. one of the most prolific groups of computer hackers has been linked to the chinese

government. four networks near shanghai with some operations taking place in a building housing a secret division of china's military. now, the report claims over a six-year period, hackers have stolen large volumes of international property, blueprints, business plans, the report does not list the companies that have been hacked. the chinese government dismisses claims, saying china is the victim of cyber crimes and claim most of their attacks come from the united states. >> translator: internet hacking is an international issue it should be dealt with through international cooperation based on trust and mutual respect. making baseless accusations based on premature analysis is irresponsible and unprofessional. and it doesn't help solve relevant issues. china resolutely opposes any form of hacking activities. >> outgoing defense secretary leon panetta says that cyber

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welcome back to "early start." a busy, busy morning. soledad o'brien with a look at what's coming up. >> ahead on "starting point," brand new, oscar pistorius in the middle of his bail hearing as we've been reporting all morning. they have taken a little break. he faces premeditated murder charges in the death of his girlfriend. at the very same time of his bail hearing, his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp laid to rest. an investigation into the death of an adopted boy from russia who die died in texas. will there be blowback on people trying to adopt from foreign

countries? and a woman gives birth to two sets of identical twins. according to the hospital, the chance of that is 1-70 million. tessa and manuel montalvo went from one boy to five in their family. >> i cannot wait to meet them. >> twin boys, twice. crazy! >> thank you, soledad. 43 minutes past the hour. a blizzard with winds topping out at 57 miles an hour. emergencyin that. pounding grand forks, north dakota. roads had to be shut down yesterday. emergency crews rescued dozens of people from cars that were stranded. even snowplows had to be called back. >> jennifer delgado in the cnn weather center. rough weather in the midwest. >> you saw the video it brought back memories of the storm across the northeast. it looks like we could see another chance of that popping up as we head tomorrow into

parts of the plains. on the radar, yes, rain out there. new orleans ta parts of biloxi, atlanta. a wet commute. as we move toward the north, we add in a bit of wintry mix for western parts of -- you could see pennsylvania, new york, and we're also going to be dealing with some travel delays. detroit, chicago, as well as even for new york, looking at delays about an hour or more. out to the west, big snow coming out to the west. 4 to 6 inches. nebraska and kansas, a big story that we're watching, for tomorrow, expecting potentially a foot of snow to start to come down as we head late to the evening, and potential for blizzard. wind gusts of 30 miles per hour or greater affecting kansas, nebraska, parts of iowa and the other part? severe weather setting up for

texas. today high temperatures of only 3 in minneapolis. and add in the windchill, feels like minus 26 today. >> what? that's awful. i feel terrible for these folks. jennifer delgado. thank you. 45 minutes after the hour. happening right now, court back in session for the murder case against oscar pistorius after a brief lunch break. the charge against pistorius, just upgraded to premeditated murder. we're still waiting to hear a ruling on his request for bail, which really seems highly unlikely right now. olympic star sobbing as his defense team denied that his girlfriend's killing was premeditated and even maintained that reeva steenkamp's death was not even murder. drew peterson will be in court today, making a last-ditch bid for new trial. he was convicted last fall of first degree murder of the 2004

bathtub drowning of his third wife, kathleen saveo. he faces 20 to 60 years in prison. his fourth wife stacy peterson still missing. police in new york city have made an arrest on a brutal laundromat attack in the bronx. the attacker assaulted the victim and his 6-year-old daughter last saturday, then sprayed them both with mace. because i thought they took his wife's laundry cart. 27-year-old fernando gonzalez faces assault charges. >> awful video. >> after a month of hunting, florida's big python challenge is over in haul? shockingly low. 1,600 people took part in the snake hunt but only caught 68 burmese pythons out of how many, zorai zoraida? >> reports between 50,000 to 150,000. >> state officials are trying to

curb the nonnative species. baby bump watch 2013. all eyes on london as the duchess of cambridge, the former kate middleton makes her first official public appearance since december. four months pregnant. >> big, big deal. press out in droves. watching it closely. cnn's royal correspondent max foster live in london in the middle of it all. max, she's been laying low quite a while. why the public appearance today? well, she is supporting her charities. that's what she does with her public world. she works with recovering addicts and arrived about ten minutes ago. the first official bump pictures. i can reveal that now. she arrived in a tight-fitted dress and many of the fashion reporters who were hoping she wouldn't wear a coat. satisfied as she came in. and a bump clearly visible as you can see. there was some controversy about

thebump, because there were some paparazzi pictures of her on holiday in mystique that showed that bump this is the first time she was out officially. paparazzi pictures not shown in the uk. first time the uk has seen her out and looking public. >> zoraida and i glued to the screen. this just in. the first official photographs of the duchess of cambridge with the baby bump. max foster live in the middle of a press mayhem in london. thank you for being with her. >> really nice to see her looking healthy after she had to spend that time in the hospital early on. new word of a brazen jewelry heist at an airport. that story, coming up. nine golfers all sinking a hole in one? the story behind this video. we, so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes?

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52 minutes past the hour. a big jewel heist at the brussels airport. eight masked thieves stole $50 million worth of diamond stones. they cut a hole in a security fence at the airport, drove onto the tarmac, and robbed the diamonds from a swiss bund plane before speeding off. >> wow. sad news from the sports world. los angeles lakers long-time own owner jerry buss passed away. we have more in the preacher report. >> the lakers jerry buss, owner, innovati innovative, l.a. playboy, but most of all a winner, he died at the age of 80 from cancer.

he bought the floundering lakers in 1979 and turned them into showtime. earning ten championships, 10 trips to the nba finals. from kareem to shaq to kobe, they were hollywood kill. daughter jeanne buss will control business acts and jim buss will control basketball decisions. we have lost a dear and valued friend. our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. best player in women's college basketball, brittney griner, storing her 3,000 point in last night's game. gre greiner kept her focus late in the game. catching fire, knocking down jumpers, and then finally a free throw gave her her 3,000 career

point. she's only the eighth player to reach that milestone as number one baylor beat uconn 76-70. a terrific piece of video from campbell university's pga golf management program. what teamwork. did we mention this is their classroom. for all your entertaining sports news, go to bleacher report.com. more on the passing of the lakers owner and all of your sports news. right there. we go back to john and zoraida. >> thank you, vince. >> you're welcome. a full-sized seaworthy replica of the "titanic" built in china. what could possibly go wrong, folks? this is $100,000.

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